Blogging for Justice: The Gwen Araujo Murder

After the murder of transgendered teen Gwen Araujo, Community United Against Violence (CUAV) determined that the only way to communicate the real story behind Araujo's death would be to attend the murder trial and broadcast the proceedings over the Web. Read about how the blog, Justice for Gwen Araujo, impacted both the community and mainstream coverage of the trial in TechSoup's article Blogging for Justice: The Gwen Araujo Murder. This inspiring story was written by TechSoup Community Manager Susan Tenby.

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ive seen bad comments on gwen saying she was gay or she was not a real person that the movie
about her was just a drama. well i have to wonder
what those internuts were smoking! gwen was not gay gwen was real and what happened to gwen was real and a bad thing in and of its self i hope
her mother see's this and knows i care.